Originally Posted by
Roper92
Reserve Golden Days
Are these seniority based or what? I did not get 2 of the 5 that I bid for. I’m 45% in category and asked for Sunday/Monday golden days following a 5-day stretch. Now I have to worry about a Saturday short call since Sunday is coded as an X day. My plan was to drop Friday making me unusable on Saturday but that is now blown up with them having the ability to nail me with a short call.
What did I do wrong?
Any suggestions?
I've never not had golden X days placed exactly where I want them. Maybe your bid was entered in error? There are also some rules regarding how many separate places you get set them. Was this particular Sun/Mon your top golden day bid?
On a related note - people need to add to the contract survey that there needs to be a provision for reserves, at their own discretion, be able to convert a golden X day back to a standard X day. A golden X day only is functionally useful for the first day following LC. I've missed out on IA's because I had a stretch of 3 golden days when 2 of them were pointless and just blocking me from getting the IA call. Also, there have been times where I've wanted SC on that last LC day and been denied due to the golden X day following. There is no reason that I shouldn't be able to go in days and weeks after the initial golden day bids and simply remove that designation. It actually benefits the company since it provides slightly more usability for those reserves on their last day.